Milkman is a JavaFX-based desktop application for crafting and organizing requests to various technologies, inspired by Postman. It supports HTTP/REST requests, gRPC, GraphQL, and database requests through an extensible plugin architecture. It aims to be faster and lighter than Electron-based alternatives.
What it's for
Crafting and executing HTTP/REST requests with JSON highlightingTesting gRPC services with server reflection and streamingRunning multiple requests as test scenariosSharing requests via Slack commandEditing/executing requests from the command line
Features 14
- Commandline Interface for editing/executing requests
- Everything is a plugin (request-types, aspects, editors, importers)
- Grpc Plugin with Server Reflection and Streaming support
- Http Request Plugin for crafting/executing HTTP/REST requests
- Installable via Chocolatey (Windows) or Homebrew (MacOS)
- JavaFX-based application (fast, low memory usage)
- JSON highlighting
- Nightly build available for latest changes
- Proxy-server configuration support
- Skinnable via custom CSS themes
- Slack Command integration to share requests
- SSE support
- Test Runner for running multiple requests as test scenarios
- Workspaces with Environments, Collections, and Requests
At a glance
free tieropen source
TypeDesktop app
DeploymentInstalled (local)
PlatformsWindows, macOS
Integrations
Slack
Resources
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